New Castle Names Alfred W. Chilton Secretary
Alfred W. Chilton, recently elected secretary of the New Castle Chamber of Commerce, will assume duties August 1 after moving from Waynesboro Pennsylvania. A Northwestern University graduate, he has held civic and insurance executive roles and served 20 months in the French theater during World War I. He is 34, married with two children, and praised the late secretary C. H. Hunt.
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Alfred W. Chilton
New Castle
Erammar Schools
Cambria County
Waynesboro
Chilton
Local Marine Relieved at Lake Denmark Explosion Scene
Private Charles A. Watkins son of Mrs P A Watkins of 27 South Mercer street has been detailed to relief duty at Lake Den mark New Jersey near the powder blasts that caused heavy loss of life and destruction over the weekend authorities at the United States Naval Base Philadelphia notified residents this morning.
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Charles A. Watkins
P. A. Watkins
Mercer Street
Lake Denmark
N. J
Young Watkins
United States Naval Base
Philadelphia
Terrible ammunition explosion devastates New Jersey area
A massive explosion at the Lake Denmark naval ammunition depot near Dover New Jersey results in many dead and missing, with property damage estimated at 100 million dollars. Marines from Quantico join local authorities to search the ruins as shells continue to burst and a danger deadline remains.
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New Jersey
France
David Sentner
International News Service
Dover
N. J
Picatinny
Lake Denmark
Despread
Trim
Here
United States
Quantico
Naval
Denmark
No Man’s Land
Arrest of armed black man on Butler Road prompts hearing
Sheriff H M Reynolds seized Leroy Jackson, colored, after motorists saw him patrolling Butler Road with a pocket gun. The weapon, a boss pistol in 32-20 caliber, and shells were found. Jackson is jailed awaiting a hearing before Squire A H Gilmore in Nesho nnock township on concealed weapons charges.
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H. M. Reynolds
Leroy Jackson
Butler Road
Jackson
Squire A. H. Gilmore
Neshannock Township
First ripe tomato reported by Park Avenue resident
Bion W. Cover of Park Avenue informs the News he has a large home grown red tomato from his garden making him the first in the city or county to report a ripe tomato. The crop is slightly behind schedule due to weather conditions described by locals as “of” the season.
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Bion W. Cover
Park Avenue
Flivver Fix After Stranger Helps On Country Road
Auto mechanic narrator describes a Saturday night breakdown of the Double Deuce on a country road. A slip of a lad tightened a loose nut where the wires go in, fixing the car and letting them continue. The narrator notes sunny weather and hopes to master car tricks someday.
Log Search Hopes to Reveal Final Moments of S-51 Sink
The board of inquiry reconvenes in New York to locate the submarine S-51 log detailing the last minutes in the death trap. Sixty seven sailors’ sea bags will be opened, with three City of Rome crash survivors and salvage experts testifying on rudder, gash, and interior control positions.
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International News Service
New York
Board of Inquiry
City of
Rome
Will Hays Extends Code To Film Makers
Will Hays, president of the Production Code group, issued a formal statement prohibiting gag lines ridiculing Prohibition and shots of drinking. He said producers must ensure films are positive in support of law, order and authority.
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International News Service
Los Angeles
Motion
Producers and Distributors of America
Will H. Hays
Hays
Marriage Licenses Gathered in New Castle Area
Willie Poole and Hallie Thomas from New Castle. Anna Fava and LeRoy H. Smith from New Castle. Frances V. Steffler and Martin Brenner from Fombell. Hallie Thomas also linked with Youngstown notes. licenses issued in Ellwood City area.
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Willie Poole
Weyers
New Castle
Hallie Thomas
Ceek Youngstown
O. Anna Fava
LeRoy H. Smith
Fombell Frances V. Steffler
Fombell Martin Brenner
Ellwood City
Six Year Old Fires Rifle Through Church Window
Mrs. Joseph Liskey was wounded in the left shoulder while conducting a Sunday school class at the Hungarian Baptist church when a 22 caliber bullet from a rifle fired by six year old Valentine Kish crashed through a rear classroom window. She was taken to New Castle hospital. X rays showed the bullet lodged above a rib with no lung damage. Police arrived with Chief Dysert and Officer Nelson as the injured woman was removed for treatment.
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Joseph Liskey
East Long Avenue
Hungarian Baptist Church
East Reynolds Street
Little Valentine Kish
Will Q
Subway Strike Enters Second Week With Mixed Headlines
New York reports the subway and elevated strike extending into its second week. Interborough president Hedley says workers will heed the ultimatum and return or face job loss, while strikers in Manhattan Casino vow to hold out until all demands are met. Weekend service runs about 80 percent of normal.
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International News Service
New York
Chsis
The
Interborough
Frank Hedley
Manhattan Casino
Detroit Woman Fasts to Save Husband in Public Challenge
Hundreds watched Mrs. Russell Scott begin a 45 day fast inside a glass cage at a Detroit theater to raise funds for appealing her husband Russell Scott’s murder conviction. He is sentenced to hang on October 15 for the Chicago murder of Joseph Maurer.
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International News Service
Detroit
Russel Scott
Three Cornered Fight Predicted In Pennsylvania Senate Race
The Pennsylvania U S Senate contest is seen as a three way battle among William C Ware the Philadelphia boss, Gov Gifford Pinchot and Democratic nominee William B Wilson. Reed committee findings spur anti Vare Republicans to challenge with hopes of a Democratic win. insiders doubt Ware will be seated if split vote persists.
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George R. Holmes
International News Service
Correso
Washington
Pennsylvania
Wm. C. Ware
Philadelphia
Reed Investigating Committee
Gifford Pinchot
Vare
Wm. B. Wilson
Senate
Ware
Wilson
Crawford County Murderer Dies in Electric Chair
Joe Mucztuck of Saegertown was executed at Rockview Penitentiary after confessing to the murder of his wife Josephine. He faced the chair at 7 02 a m and died four minutes later in a case once seen as Crawford County’s grisliest crime.
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International News Service
Rockview Penitentiary
Bellefonte
Joe Mucztuck
Saegertown
Josephine
Crawford County
Newcomb
Mucztuck
Crawford County Criminal Court
John W Weeks Former Cabinet Member Dies at 66
John W Weeks former Secretary of War under Harding and Coolidge died at his Mt Prospect summer home in Lancaster New Hampshire He was 66 and died after a brain tumor illness his family at the bedside including Sinclair Weeks and other relatives Familiar figures attended the bedside as his condition worsened last week into a coma.
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International News Service
Lancaster
N. H
John W. Weeks
Harding
Coolidge
Mt. Prospect
Weeks
Sinclair Weeks
Desert Village Near Explosion
MOUNT HOPE New Jersey July 12 This village near Lake Denmark lies deserted after a terrific explosion. Newcomers on duty remain while newspaper men and army officers observe from hill edges. The valley shows shell holes and burning spots with smoke drifting across.
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International News Service
Mount Hope
N. J
Lake Denmark
France
Double Bandit Shootings End in Cicero Tragedy
In Cicero a Sunday school superintendent, his fiancee, and a taxi driver were slain by two bandits. One suspect, Thomas McWain, was captured. he says a second bandit fired all shots and that they had hired Rose to drive to a target address near the slain couple.
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International News Service
Chicago
Cicero
William McSwiggin
Fred Heine
Salem Evangelical Church
Marie Blang
Heine
Ludwig Rose
Miss Blang
Rose
Thomas McWain
Marines Remove Five Bodies From Explosion Area
Marines search the Lake Denmark arsenal after a Saturday explosion as five sailors are recovered. The operation mirrors wartime tactics with patrol units and combined Navy Marine teams, led by Captain Sayles, amid ongoing detonations.
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Corps of the Navy Yard
Marine
Sayles
Army
Death notices for several residents listed with ages and addresses
Death records list Hugh A. Sturdy aged 39 on North Beaver street H W Robinson 88 of LIT Wallace avenue Ella M Wilson 75 of Pittsburgh Martin Varley 60 of East Chicago and Lt Joseph Bruner 7 months of Pulaski road with no cause given.
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Hugh A. Sturdy
Beaver Street
H.W. Robinson
Wallace Avenue
Ella M. Wilson
Pittsburgh
Martin Varley
Chicago
Robert Scott Pleads Guilty In Murder Case
Robert Scott, brother of Russell Scott, pleaded guilty to the murder of Joseph Maurer in Chicago. The state seeks the death penalty despite the plea, as Russell Scott was previously sentenced to hang for the crime.
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Robert Scott
Bulletin International News Servic
Chicago
Russell Scott
Joseph Maurer
Scott
Emil F. Eyre
Russel Scott
Robert Today
Maurer
Robert
Byrne
Russell
Thomas Scott
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Joseph Gately
U. S.A
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